Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character.
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
Since we cannot promise our selves constant health, let us endeavour at such temper as may be our best support in the decay of it.
Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.
The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.
A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.